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[winnowill2]

Oh. Oh dear.

Okay, this is England, but that doesn't mean the average American wouldn't react the same way.

The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths GCSE, said: "On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop

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[mauvaise]

Well, she's right six is a lower number than eight. Negative six, on the other hand.....

Sheesh. Even I know this and I suck at math.

[winnowill2]

Well, yeah. It's not a difficult concept.

At least, I don't think it's a difficult concept. But then, I DID get Bs in junior high math...

[jaytee]

Pffft. Retards. They should be forced to donate their entire life savings to the lottery winnings pool if they can't grasp -6 > -8.

::(double-checks to make sure the alligator mouth is pointing to the higher number)::

[winnowill2]

Well, it does prove the old adage that "The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math."

[tansu]

The hilarious thing is that the stupid woman gave her quote to the paper in the belief that the paper would be on her side.

I saw this in the reader comments "I think she is quite within her right to claim a prize. Give her the -£5,000 now ... no wait. Give her -£10,000 cos that's more init?"

[winnowill2]

Good point.

[davew0071]

Even though I'm severely math-impaired, this caused me to weep for humanity.

[winnowill2]

Well, you may be MATH impaired, but I don't even think this qualifies as math. Just as knowing how numbers work.

[troubleagain]

Bwahahaha. I'm sorry. You're right, it's depressing. But me, I gotta laugh to keep from crying.